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To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
A wire from Halsey had arrived at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland, on August 23. The urgent request ...
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Replica of Perry’s flag connects his descendant with kin of recipient
Matthew Calbraith Perry plans to visit a far-flung island south of Tokyo where his famed namesake ancestor gave a 31-star U.S. flag to an American immigrant some 170 years ago. The 80-year-old ...
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Perry’s lost flag replicated, given to descendant of U.S. immigrant
Takashi Savory, a resident of far-flung Chichijima island in the Ogasawara island chain, was presented with a replica of the Stars and Stripes flag that his ancestor received from Matthew Perry ...